25 Feb 2026 13:03:48
What players, if any, in our current squad are good enough for mid Premier League?
My thoughts are possibly Hugo, Santi, Krejci, Mosquera, Joao, Andre and Mane. I like Rodrigo sometimes however there must be something not correct as managers tend to not play him.
If the list above is fair, our strikers are not good enough, not difficult to assume this looking at goals scored.
Even so, if we have perhaps 7 players good enough for mid table PL it suggests, in my opinion, we are under performing, whether this is due to managers or the club as a whole, I would imagine it is a combination of both.
I think it would be wrong to continue in the same way for the remainder of the season, if we continue to lose games something has to change, we all know it is normally the manager that pays the price. The hangover from this season will drift into the next unless the slide and continual losses stop, my opinion anyway.
If we do change managers who do we get and who can we convince to join the madness?
25 Feb 2026 16:15:34
I think it is due to the negativity of the fan base.
25 Feb 2026 17:04:50
Haha, it's almost March and we have just got to double digits. I think it's an absolute miracle that the fans are as positive as they are! Maybe it's up to the players and manager to give us something to be positive about. ?
25 Feb 2026 17:28:58
Very good post, Banksy. Mid-table might be a bit, (very in one or two cases), optimistic for all 7, but I take your point. Add JSL, who, when not a traffic cone, is a top half player, and it is clear that Vitor and then RE, (albeit to a lesser extent and with confidence totally drained from the squad), have hugely under-performed. As a defence of RE, the squad is obviously too small, (in talent terms just 7 or 8 players, you say), and is unbalanced, (absence of creativity and goal scoring) - but we have been saying that on here for the past 4 years! All in all, though, the performance has been beyond pathetic. Sadly, though, although the current side might, if it performed to its ability level (which, as we are saying, it hasn't this season), be competitive in the Champ, probably 5 of that 7 or 6 of the 8 will have gone by the time the new season comes round. This is on top of a number of other squad members who, whilst not good enough for mid table Prem, would have been adequate in the Champ. It is thus difficult to say how the team will do next season, as most of them aren't playing regularly at the club yet.
This 5 year self-inflicted destruction of a good Premiership team is, of course, entirely due to Jeff/Fosun's mismanagement of Wolves football team's finances. However, whilst we think the club/team is very important, I doubt Jeff/Fosun consider its success on the pitch to be of any consequence whatsoever. The club/brand is/was a vehicle to drive revenue streams for Fosun. What they don't understand, because they know nothing about football and have been appallingly badly let down by their advisors, in the long term is that the only way to make money in football is to win games. Sadly, once the cold winds of relegation finally hit them they will realise, albeit far too late! Handsome, ironically, one of the reasons why Fosun has been able to do this so easily is because the fans - some still do - believe Fosun have the team's interests at heart and did not react soon enough. I'm not sure if Fosun would have responded any differently, but over the last 5 years the fans have been unbelievably, and sadly, very naively positive!
25 Feb 2026 18:37:03
So the only reason we are where we are is down to fan negativity? Thanks for clearing that up, I was beginning to wonder.
25 Feb 2026 19:01:51
I think Handsome might be being sarcastic, folks (I hope so!), due to what Edwards said about the fans, that they should be more positive. ? I mean, I've been positive we are going down for weeks, if that helps. I'm actually amazed there haven't been riots with the stunts Old Teflon Jeff/Fosun have pulled.
25 Feb 2026 19:50:46
The only players we have who are good enough to remain in the Premier League are: Santi, Hugo, Krejci, Andre, Joao and Mane. Of these, Joao would get into most PL teams. The rest are mid-table cannon fodder. On a good day, maybe Sa and Bellegarde look like they could cut the mustard, but those performances are very few and far between.
Wolfe, Mosquera, Rodrigo, Lima, Jackson, Tolu and Armstrong look Championship level at best. Do is past his best. And Toti and Hwang, no comment.
26 Feb 2026 03:18:04
I think Handsomelad is mocking RE with what he said about the fns.
26 Feb 2026 07:45:28
The vast majority of our players are not good enough on a consistent basis for the Premier League. That's why we are where we are. Many of those mentioned as good enough can produce a high level, but equally can really let themselves down. That particularly applies to every one of our defenders, who have all been guilty of extraordinary lapses, Mosquera perhaps most of all.
Moving on to Joao, his standards have fallen immeasurably and his passing is poor, so I can't see how he'd get in most other Premier League teams and, currently, he seems to have fallen behind Andre in the pecking order. Hopefully it's just a temporary blip; otherwise his value will be impacted.
26 Feb 2026 10:19:32
I've just watched Sheffield United v Coventry and both those sides would beat us as it stands now.
26 Feb 2026 11:29:09
Handsome, apologies if I missed the humour.
26 Feb 2026 12:07:34
Yes, apologies, Handsome, but I'll just redirect my comment to RE and Fosun.
26 Feb 2026 15:34:49
Old Wulf, Joao hasn't fallen behind Andre in the pecking order. He's been out injured/fatigued.
26 Feb 2026 16:51:17
That's no excuse for his poor play when on the pitch, Good. The Palace winner was largely due to not staying with his man.
26 Feb 2026 17:25:08
True, but week after week, he seems to be the only one trying to press forward and make something happen.
26 Feb 2026 18:28:10
Interesting how we all view games differently, because my take is that he mostly slows games down and goes for the easy sideways or backwards pass rather than a progressive one (tackling and breaking up opposition play being his main attributes).
Trouble is that he and Andre are both similar, which is one reason why Angel has joined, but I'm not sure he'll be the answer either.
27 Feb 2026 09:50:00
I obviously see games the same there, Old Wulf, and I dunno about you, and maybe it was because of Angel, but I thought Andre was a lot more forward looking in J Gomes' absence?
27 Feb 2026 12:54:50
Probably going to get slated here, but just an opinion. I don't rate Gomes or Andre. Yes, we have average/below average players around them, but all I see are 2 players who just try to break up play. I have seen Gomes go on a few little runs here and there, but most of the time it is sideways and backwards passing.
They offer zero attacking threat and have poor passing ability. I guess after being spoilt with having the likes of Neves and Moutinho, it was always going to be difficult to fulfil those positions with the same quality.
27 Feb 2026 12:59:38
Maybe he was, Abbey, but too often for comfort, Andre underhits his passes, and that can lead to quick turnovers for the opposition. Basically, nearly all our players have frailties which opponents can, and regularly do, take advantage of at this level. As mentioned before, being consistently good and ironing out the individual blunders is necessary for success at Premier League level.
27 Feb 2026 15:02:51
No slating from me, Alex. They're decent players but nowhere near the likes of those you mention.
27 Feb 2026 16:35:05
Alex, of course, you are perfectly entitled to your opinion and the 2 points - the quality of Neves and Moutinho and the lack of quality around Andre and Gomes - are both valid and, unsurprisingly, reinforce your view. However, I fear you are going to be a very unhappy man for the next few years, as no one even close to their quality - Brazilian internationals, who will be playing at the very top level after leaving Wolves - is likely to play for the club in the foreseeable.